Waterloo High School - Wahischo Yearbook (Waterloo, IL)

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GALLEY '7. .:4. The Senior F. H. A. went Sailing Over the Bounding Maine during '49 and '50 under the expert sponsorship of Mrs. Blake. An organization meeting at which the Senior F. H. A. served refreshments to the Junior F. H. A. was held in September. The year's activities were also planned at this meeting. During October, a progressive Initiation Party for new members took place. In November both clubs observed National F. H. A. Week by going to church, preparing a family meal, planting a red rose on the school grounds, sponsoring an assembly program, having a window display, and sponsoring a bake sale on Saturday. The event which ended the week was the Blue Jean Party. All members wore red and white ribbons during' that week. Our main activity in December was the Christmas Formal Dance. Post graduates told of their job experiences at the night meeting in January. A combined party of the F. F. A. and F. H. A. was held in January. Our dads. were honored at a night meeting in March and the speaker was Bob Burnes, writer of The Bench Warmer, a column in the Globe Democrat. During April we entertained our mothers .and made Easter favors for the Red Bud Hospital. Elections and installations of new officers took place in May. Although our program was quite extensive, we still found time and money to make scrapbooks for the Children's Orphan Home, and to donate to the Red Cross, Polio and Cancer drives. ,Q-av'

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'g if I 25 1 , 'U-0 g A. R . is S 0 i E 5 IN THE I I I ' 731 Our theme for the xear was Ha ier Holida s Our motto .' ' - PP Y - - Toward New Horizons. We chose as our flower, the red rose- our colors, red and white. Serving as officers were: president, Helen Bestmanng vice- president, Laverne Huebner, secretary, Shirley Korvasg correspond- ing secretary, Adele Meister: treasurer, Wanda Vogt, parliamen- tarian, Lucille Wedelg historian, Ilene Fischer, reporter, Carol Boehne. Our Chapter Mothers were Mrs. LeRoy Van Horn and Mrs. Marvin Akers, The purposes of the Junior F. H. A. are: To promote a growing appreciation of the joys and satisfactions of homemaking, to empha- size the importance of worthy home membership, to encourage democracy in home and community life, to work for a good home and family life for all, to promote international good will, to foster the development of creative leadership in home and community life, to provide wholesome individual and group recreation, and to further interest in home economics. gk , I. 2 1 5 lo t'We are the Future Homemakers of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope, For we have the clear consciousness of seeking Old and precious values, For we are the builders of homes- Homes for America's future, Homes where living will be the expression of everything That is good and fair, Homes where truth and love and security And Faith, will be realitiesp not dreams.

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7a7Ze 7044645476 Forty feet wide and one hundred feet long, our Agriculture Workshop was constructed from the material of two army barracks which were disman- tled at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The building houses a 40 by 30 classroom, a 10 by 10 advisor's office, a 12 by 10 storage room, an 18 by 10 restroom and a 60 by 40 shop. A separate hot air heating unit was installed. The work on the building was done by boys in vocational agriculture, veterans, and a local con- tractor. Our shop has a twelve by twelve door which is large enough for most modern machinery to go through. The floor is made of concrete approxi- mately six inches thick. In this shop will be all equipment that is needed for repairing farm machinery such as an electric drill, electric Welder, steamcleaner, forging equipment, and carpentry tools. In the future years this shop will be used by agriculture students, veterans, and adult classes. Our shop has been selected as one of the five outstanding ones in Illinois. The complete details regarding its construction have been published in a bulletin issued by the office of Vocational Education,